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Computer Pioneers
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Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace is an English mathematician, and is know for her work with Charles Babbage. -
Edith Clarke
Edith Clarke was the first FEMALE electrical engineer, and professor of electrical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. -
John Atanasoff
Atanasoff invented the first eletronic digital computer in the 1930's , and researched the IBM. -
Reynold Johnson
Reynold Johnson..Johnson is an inventor and computer pioneer he also developed the first commercial magnetic hard disk drive. -
Konrad Zuse
Konrad Zuse was known for building the Z1 computer that was built in his parents living room. -
Ralph Baer
More about the "Father of the Video Game." Ralph Baer was born in Germany, and was a video game developer. -
Jean Sammet
Jean Sammet was born in New York City, and was commonly know for developing the FORMAC Programming Language. -
Leonard Kleinrock
Kleinrock is a computer scientist, and developed the precursor to the internet. -
Nolan Bushnell
Early life and gamesNolan Bushnell better known as the " Father of Electronic Gaming." He is an American engineer and enterprenuer. Bushnell co-founded Atari (game) and Chuck e. Cheese. -
Vinton Cerf
Vint is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocals, and throughout his life he was awarded 10 awards. -
Al Alcorn
Creating PongAl Alcorn is a computer scientist, and creator of a video arcade game called "Pong." He has even cofounded Alcom. -
Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak is the co-founder of Apple computers, and he founded a companythat created the first universal remote. -
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple. -
Bill Gates
Bill Gates: BiographyBill Gates is a software developer, inventor, investor, computer programmer, and founder of Microsoft. And at one point, he earned a Silver Buffalo Award. -
Linus Torvalds
Torvalds is a Finnish American software engineer who developed the Linux Kernal (operating system).
